NASA Instruments Lost With Satellite
From Times Wire Services
A Japanese satellite carrying $229 million worth of NASA instruments suddenly disappeared from orbit and is not responding to emergency commands, officials said. The satellite, known as Advanced Earth Observing Satellite, or ADEOS, stopped responding to signals, and an announcement from the Japan space program said that “there is little possibility of the satellite’s recovery.”
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